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Lectures on Polar matters. Lectures are usually held in the lecture theatre at the Scott Polar Research Institute. Lectures are free to members, non-members are very welcome. There is no need to pre-book tickets, unless stated so in the lecture description. For details of how to join the Friends please see the link to the left (under Friends of SPRI ). Please check details below, some lectures may be at different times, locations or be charged at a different rate. If you have a question about this list, please contact: Geography/SPRI Webmaster; Naomi; Dr Christine Eckers. If you have a question about a specific talk, click on that talk to find its organiser. 0 upcoming talks and 48 talks in the archive. When Your Life Depends on It Extreme Decision making lessons from the AntarcticBrad Borkan. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Thursday 11 October 2018, 18:00-19:00 Cold cases in Antarctic historyDoors open 5.30pm Dr. Ursula Rack. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Wednesday 11 April 2018, 18:00-19:00 Ireland’s Antarctic Explorersdoors open at 4pm Michael Smith. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 17 March 2018, 16:30-17:30 LATITUDE NORTH BY Charles MoseleyCharles Moseley. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Tuesday 24 May 2016, 17:30-19:30 ‘What colour is Signy Island?’Dr Gareth Rees. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 24 October 2015, 19:30-21:00 'The Non-Existent Islands of the Antarctic'.Bob Headland. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 10 October 2015, 19:30-21:00 Life on the edge: language and story telling in a cold placeStephen Pax Leonard. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 14 March 2015, 19:30-21:00 Earth's Climate EvolutionColin Summerhayes. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 28 February 2015, 19:30-21:00 Michaelmas Term LectureSusanna Ferrar: "Stuff: what good is an Antarctic Heritage?". SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 25 October 2014, 19:30-21:00 Lent Term Lecture 2This is a normal lecture in the lecture series - and not a special ticketed event as advertised in Polar Bytes 69. ‘The Life and Work of MacDonald Gill: mapmaker and artist ’ by Caroline Walker, Andrew Johnston and Angela Johnston. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 22 March 2014, 19:30-21:00 Lent Term Lecture 1Submarines in the Arctic: four decades of pack ice and the Royal Navy by Dr Charles Swithinbank, Prof Peter Wadhams and Dr Nick Hughes. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 22 February 2014, 19:30-21:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 4British Antarctic Survey Aviation by Rod Arnold. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 23 November 2013, 19:30-21:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 3Special lecture for AGM Day. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 09 November 2013, 16:00-17:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 2Operation Tabarin by John Dudeney. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 26 October 2013, 19:30-21:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 1Exotic terrestrial mammals in Antarctic regions by Bob Headland. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 12 October 2013, 19:30-21:00 Lent Term Lecture 4'DROMLAN: a travelogue, A personal experience of the Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN) in the austral spring of 2004' by Peter Clarkson.. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 23 March 2013, 19:30-00:00 Lent Term Lecture 3'Discovering Bellingshausen' by Rip Bulkeley. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 09 March 2013, 19:30-00:00 Lent Term Lecture 2'The Sirius Dog Sledge Patrol' by Lieutenant Commander John S Ash. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 23 February 2013, 19:30-00:00 Lent Term Lecture 1'Empire Antarctica: Ice, Silence & Emperor Penguins' by Gavin Francis. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 09 February 2013, 19:30-00:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 4Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start By Wind Power Across Antarctica by Ramon Larramendi. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 24 November 2012, 19:30-00:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 3Doors open at 3pm for a 3:30pm start - note this is an afternoon talk and will finish at approx. 5pm Frozen Planet - the making of the TV Series by Vanessa Berlowitz. Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre at the Department of Chemistry (off the SPRI car park). Saturday 10 November 2012, 15:30-17:00 Michaelmas Term Lecture 2Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start Henry 'Birdie' Bowers - Captain Scott's Marvel by Anne Strathie . SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 27 October 2012, 19:30-00:00 Michael Term Lecture 1Doors open at 7pm for a 7:30pm start The Third Reich in Antarctica – the story of the Third German Antarctic Expedition of 1938-39 by Colin Summerhayes. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 13 October 2012, 19:30-00:00 Summer Lunch TalkFor lunch attendees only - pre-booking required In the spirit of Scott. by Lt. Col. Edwards. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 14 July 2012, 12:30-00:00 Shackleton’s month at South GeorgiaLent Term Lecture 4 Robert Burton. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 17 March 2012, 19:30-21:00 How vulnerable is reindeer herding in the European Arctic?Please note the earlier start time. Lent Term Lecture 2 Gareth Rees. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 25 February 2012, 17:30-19:00 The physiology of man-hauling in the Antarctic: could Scott have survived?Lent Term Lecture 1 Dr Lewis Halsey. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 11 February 2012, 19:30-21:00 Sir Joseph Hooker and the Ross Antarctic ExpeditionPlease note earlier start time. Doors open at 18:30. A chance to preview the These Rough Notes exhibition. Dr Peter Donaldson. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Tuesday 06 December 2011, 19:00-20:00 On Extinction: Natural and unnatural disappearances from the old whaling stations of Antarctica to the Inuit camps of the ArcticMelanie Challenger. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 26 November 2011, 20:00-21:00 Amundsen and Scott: Lives ExploredVarious Speakers. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 29 October 2011, 10:15-15:45 Angie Butler: The Quest for Frank WildAngie Butler (Author). SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 15 October 2011, 20:00-21:00 Variation and change in the Southern Ocean eco-systemDr Jonathan L. Watkins, BAS. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 26 March 2011, 20:00-21:00 The British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37Bryan Lintott, SPRI. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 12 March 2011, 20:00-21:00 Antarctic Science and Policy Advice in a Changing WorldDr Mike Sparrow - SCAR. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 26 February 2011, 20:00-21:00 The British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37Bryan Lintott - SPRI. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Thursday 17 February 2011, 20:00-21:00 Recent Antarctic Climate ChangeProfessor John Turner - BAS. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 12 February 2011, 20:00-21:00 The Northern Party – in the shadows of the heroic age?Doors open 7:30PM Robin Back, Chairman, Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 20 November 2010, 20:00-21:00 The Great White SilenceUnique first preview of the digitally remastered, official record of Scott's Terra Nova expedition 1910-13 Bryony Dixon, Curator Silent Film, British Film Institute. BMS Lecture Theatre, School of Chemistry, Lensfield Road. Saturday 13 November 2010, 16:00-18:00 Melting ice - rising seas: Antarctic Climate Change and the EnvironmentDoors open 7:30PM Dr. Colin Summerhayes, a marine geologist, is a past Director of the UK's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory and a former Deputy Director of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton.. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 30 October 2010, 20:00-21:00 “Sir Hubert Wilkins – Forgotten Hero?”Doors open 7:30PM Jim McNeill, Explorer and Adventure Travel organiser. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 16 October 2010, 20:00-21:00 The South Sandwich IslandsFree lecture in conjunction with South Georgia Association Robert Headland, Scott Polar Research Institute and South Georgia Association. Pfizer Lecture Theatre, School of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. Saturday 20 March 2010, 20:00-21:00 Extreme conservation - living and working in AntarcticaFree Lecture Fiona Cahill BA(Hons). Pfizer Lecture Theatre, School of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. Saturday 06 March 2010, 20:00-21:00 Penguins to Polar BearsFor non-members of the Friends of Scott Polar Research Institute, there is an entry fee of £5 payable at the door. Paul Goldstein. Wolfson Lecture Theatre, School of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. Saturday 20 February 2010, 20:00-21:00 With Scott in the Antarctic, Edward Wilson - Explorer, Naturalist, ArtistFree Lecture Isobel Williams, Doctor and Biographer. Pfizer Lecture Theatre, School of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. Saturday 06 February 2010, 20:00-21:00 "Nimrod Illustrated: Pictures from Lieutenant Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909"Copies of Dr.Wilson's book for sale at this event. Doors open 19:30: Dr. David Wilson. Pfizer Lecture Theatre, School of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge. Saturday 28 November 2009, 20:00-21:00 Warnings from the Inland IceProfessor Elizabeth Morris. SPRI Lecture Theatre, Lensfield Road. Saturday 25 November 2006, 20:00-21:00 Living Dangerously: My Life as an ExplorerTickets £12.50, available in advance from the Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road Ranulph Fiennes. BMS Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry. Saturday 11 November 2006, 17:00-18:00 Please see above for contact details for this list. |
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